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| 207431 | 10448 | Cities to Surf and raise a family in that are somewhat affordable? | 1 | mightyrime | May 16, 2021 | 2021-05-16T12:04:58-0400 | Hi Group, I live in east oceanside. I got 2 kids ages 1 and 6. I have one of those remote jobs that allows me to live anywhere, and if the world gets back to normal i will need to be somewhat close to an airport for business related travel. Anyway i wont get too long into my story. We tried to buy a house last year before covid, and both my wifes industry and my industry took a huge hit, wife lost job, i went on reduced salary, had to get a rental. And our rental is up in 3 months. The landlord wants to move back in so we are out. We have been trying to buy in our area recently and have been outbid on 3 houses... badly outbid. We are starting to look further inland... its still very expensive by national standards, very hot, and like 45 minutes or more to the ocean. My wife and I are assessing our situation and we do love north county san diego but, what we can afford is basically in a desert suburb, a major fixer upper, or an area with terrible schools and crime. And i dont think we have time to wait out the market for more inventory and prices to stabilize. I thought this would be a decent forum to ask these questions. Do you like where you live? Is it close to surfing / you have your surfing crave full-filled in the area. Have you raised / would raise a family there? Any advice on areas in california if they exist where prices are less than $600k for 3 bedroom house thats not in the hood or the desert? At this point we are open to both coasts as nothing really ties us to socal. Thanks all fingers crossed the stars align. |